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September 13, 2004 11:17:31am |
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I'm going to guess that no one would finance his films. He had the extreme misfortune to master a genre just as it was passing out of style, financially.
It seems to me that the independent industrial films he made were being dropped in favor of the institutional products, where Centron was supplanted by Bell Labs (Hemo the Magnificent, etc.) Encyclopedia Britannica Films and even Walt Disney's Buena Vista Productions.
Carnival of Souls might be the "last horror movie" as Sci-Fi was pushing Horror aside by then, riding high on the late 1950s boom, UFOs, nuclear angst and technology’s dominant role in society.
My two cents
This post was modified by 2muchtv on 2004-09-13 18:16:54
This post was modified by 2muchtv on 2004-09-13 18:17:31
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September 12, 2004 01:28:48pm |
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I guess
Carnival of Souls qualifies as a "horror" film, but I think of it as a low-budget art film, which just happened to be in the horror genre because that would draw people into the theater.
Having seen a couple of the Centron films now, I'm shocked that
Carnival of Souls was any good at all. Most of the Centron films aged into camp very well, but taken on their technical merits, they are bo-ring! When Herk Harvey had the chance to do exactly what he wanted instead of what the industrial films demanded, he really cut loose and delivered a very clever film. It's too bad he only made one feature.
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A/V Geek Skip |
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September 14, 2004 01:39:38am |
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Regarding Centron's involvement with industrial and educational films. They were very successful in the industrial film field.
Jim Stringer, who did music and sound engineering for Centron in the late 70s and 80s, said that Centron made most of their money doing industrial films for big corporations. "Shake Hands with Danger" is an example of such a film - part of series of safety films that they did for Caterpillar.
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September 14, 2004 11:49:58am |
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Either
Shake Hands with Danger or something very similar is one of the bonus features on the DVD of
Carnival of Souls.
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December 20, 2004 02:01:02am |
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Centron Educational Films made the lions share in the 80s.
This post was modified by LarryvilleGirl on 2004-12-20 10:01:02
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